Bangladesh: Rohingya Refugees with Disabilities

September 24, 2018 Video Bangladesh: Poor Conditions for Rohingya Refugees with Disabilities (Accessible) . (New York) – Bangladesh’s overcrowded, hilly and rain-soaked mega camp for ethnic Rohingya refugees is precarious for everyone, but especially for people with disabilities, Human Rights Watch said today in a new video. More than 700,000 people reside in the camp after fleeing the Myanmar military’s campaign of ethnic cleansing more than a year ago. “Walking through the camps, we found large numbers of Rohingya refugees with disabilities,” said Bill Frelick, refugee rights director…

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